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UFC Announces Justin Scoggins to Face Ben Nguyen Next
By FCF Staff
Following his impressive win over Ray Borg last weekend, Justin Scoggins has been booked to fight flyweight Ben Nguyen on March 20th.
The bout will be part of UFC Fight Night 85, which will take place on… Read More
UFC 193: Holly Holm Shocks The MMA World, KOs Ronda Rousey
By FCF Staff
Holly Holm scored one of the biggest upsets in MMA history tonight at UFC 193, as the bantamweight ended the championship reign of superstar Ronda Rousey.
From the beginning of the bout, Holm countered Rousey with hard… Read More
UFC 193: Ronda Rousey And Holly Holm Make Weight, Have Brief Scuffle
By FCF Staff
Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm haven’t feuded leading up to 193, but you wouldn’t know that by watching today’s weigh-ins.
The bantamweight champ Rousey came in at 134 for Saturday’s fight, as did Holm. After “Rowdy” made… Read More
Matt Mitrione, Among Several Fighters to Criticize UFC’s Reebok Uniform Deal
By FCF Staff
Earlier on Wednesday, the compensation fighters will receive as a result of the UFC’s new uniform deal with Reebok was revealed, and Matt Mitrione is one of several who isn’t impressed.
The new deal gets underway in… Read More
UFC 185: Rafael dos Anjos Ends The Reign of Anthony Pettis
By FCF Staff
UFC 185 saw two championship belts change hands, as Anthony Pettis and Carla Esparza were defeated by Rafael dos Anjos and Joanna Jedrzejczyk respectively.
Dos Anjos blended his striking, wrestling and grappling together brilliantly against Pettis, and went… Read More
UFC 185 Weigh-In Results: Headliners Hit Their Marks
By FCF Staff
UFC 185 will take place tomorrow night in Dallas, Texas, and all of the competitors, except one, made weight on their initial attempts.
Lightweight champion Anthony Pettis came in at 155 pounds for his main event bout… Read More
UFC FN 44: Ray Borg Feeling “Way More Comfortable” Heading Into Second UFC Bout, “I Belong at This Level”
By Kelsey Mowatt
In April, Ray Borg didn’t have much time to sit back and reflect on his pending UFC debut, as the flyweight was tapped to fight Dustin Ortiz, just two weeks after he defeated Nick… Read More
New Full Contact Fighter Radio Features UFC’s Cole Miller and Ray Borg
By FCF Staff
The latest episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio features talks with UFC featherweight Cole Miller and flyweight Ray Borg.
Miller was set to fight Conor McGregor at UFC Fight Night 46, however, the BJJ black belt had… Read More
Ray Borg Knows he “Opened a Lot of Eyes” in Memorable, UFC on FOX 11 Debut
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Ray Borg lost his Octagon debut, and experienced defeat for the first time in his MMA career, the flyweight did nothing but impress at UFC on FOX 11. Borg stepped up on short notice… Read More
MFC 40: Kevin Croom to Challenge Bantamweight Champ Anthony Birchak
By FCF Staff
The Maximum Fighting Championship has announced that it has signed Kevin Croom to a multi-fight deal, and that the bantamweight will challenge the promotion’s champ Anthony Birchak, May 9th.
The bout will be one of three… Read More
Report: Zach Makovsky And Josh Sampo Have Agreed to Fight
By FCF Staff
It looks as though UFC 170 has picked up an eleventh bout, as flyweights Zach Makovsky and Josh Sampo have reportedly agreed to fight at the February 22nd card. The event will go down at the Mandalay… Read More
TUF 18 Finale: Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz Lead Way in Salaries
By FCF Staff
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the salary figures for Saturday’s TUF 18 Finale in Las Vegas, and not surprisingly, headliners Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz led the way.
Diaz picked up $30,000 (including a $15K… Read More
TUF 18 Finale: Diaz Puts Away Maynard, Pena and Holdsworth Latest “Ultimate Fighters”
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from tonight’s TUF 18 Finale card in Las Vegas, Nevada, which saw Nate Diaz quickly put away Gray Maynard to take their rubber match series.
Not long into the lightweight bout, Diaz stunned… Read More
TUF 18 Finale Weigh-Ins: Maynard And Diaz Set For Main Event
By FCF Staff
Here are the official weigh-in results for tomorrow’s TUF 18 Finale in Las Vegas, which will feature Gray Maynard taking on fellow lightweight contender Nate Diaz in the main event.
The card will also showcase the bantamweight… Read More
Legacy FC 24: Holm, Ferreira and Cejudo Pick up Wins
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from last night’s Legacy FC 24 card, which was hosted by the Allen Center in Dallas, Texas. In the main event, Carlos Diego Ferreira worked his way to a unanimous decision over lightweight Chris… Read More
MFC’s Anthony Birchak: The energy of being in the main event, with all eyes on me, is something I thrive on
By Bryan Levick
MFC President Mark Pavelich has done a tremendous job of promoting his organization & has watched it grow into a legitimate MMA promotion. They’ve done this by signing a long term deal with AXS TV, utilizing social… Read More
Legacy FC 24: Holly Holm to Fight Erica Paes
Paes Only Woman to Defeat “Cyborg” Justino
By FCF Staff
Legacy FC has announced that decorated boxer and undefeated MMA fighter Holly Holm will fight Erica Paes at its October 11th card, who is the only… Read More
More Bouts Confirmed for Legacy FC 24
By FCF Staff
Legacy Fighting Championship has confirmed several more bouts for the promotion’s upcoming October 11th event in Allen, Texas, which will feature UFC vet Damacio Page (16-8) taking on bantamweight Ryan Benoit (6-2) in the headliner.
In addition,… Read More
MFC 38: Anthony Birchak Fighting Tito Jones for Bantamweight Belt
By FCF Staff
The Maximum Fighting Championship has announced that the promotion will crown its first bantamweight champ on October 4th, as Anthony Birchak will take on Tito Jones. MFC 38 “Behind Enemy Lines” will be hosted by the Shaw… Read More
MFC 37: Sam Alvey, Luke Harris And Anthony Birchak Among Winners
By FCF Staff
The Maximum Fighting Championships held its 37th event last night in Edmonton, Alberta, and the card saw Anthony Birchak hand Ryan Benoit a unanimous decision loss in the main event. The bout also marked the first… Read More